We finally arrived to Mendoza on Sunday (Labor Day Weekend) after traveling from Orlando since Friday. The last couple posts detailed the flight delays we had on American Airlines, however as Murphy’s Law would again have it, we had one…
Now on Our Delayed Flight from DFW to Santiago Chile
After a short night’s rest at the DFW Airport Hyatt Regency, Steve (DOS) and I got up around 5:30am to get ready for our 8am flight to Santiago. As I detailed in the last post, the flight was supposed to…
Labor Day Weekend in Mendoza: Escaping from Hurricane Dorian!
I’m a bit behind with my posting as we were in Virginia most of the summer, and just got back from Mendoza, Argentina. On the last post I started a post about my brother’s wedding weekend in Roanoke, which was…
Happy Fourth of July from Santiago!
Today is Independence Day back in the United States, and for Steve (DOS) and I it was a leisurely day in Santiago, followed by an overnight trip home. As a Hyatt Globalist member, we were entitled to a 4pm checkout…
Fourth of July Week in Santiago
This year the Fourth of July falls on a Wednesday; smack dab in the middle of the week, so it means no work travel for us road warriors. I’m taking and extra 3 days vacation next week, so I have…
Dinner under a big tree!
After a fun-filled day of sightseeing in Saõ Paulo with Doris (in my previous post) we headed back to the hotel to drop off our souvenir purchases we had bought at the Market. The weather was gorgeous so we…
Packing up and heading home from Chile
On our last day in Chile, we requested (and got) a 4pm late checkout at the Grand Hyatt Santiago, Chile, courtesy of my Hyatt Diamond status – quite a nice perk. Our flight back to Miami was not until 8:45pm,…
5 Star Lunch and tasting at VIK Winery
This afternoon was the conclusion of our three day private Chilean Wine tour we took with Uncorked Wine Tours. As I wrote in the last few posts, Jose has been a wonderful host as he’s taken us to several of…
Working the vineyard fields at Neyen Winery
On our third and final day of wine touring thru the Chilean vineyards with Jose, owner of Uncorked Wine Tours, we visited two upscale wineries and had lunch at the last and best one (next post), before heading back to…
Touring Laura Hartwig Winery
Continuing on from the last post where we visited Clos Apalta winery, we journeyed on to our second winery of the day, Laura Hartwig. DOS and I are on a three day private wine tour of the Chilean wine regions…